Re: Sudo

[Thomas D Dial <tdial@cox.net>]

On 03/20/2016 10:30 PM, Michael Milliman wrote:
> On 03/20/2016 03:26 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:57 +0000
>> Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:57:56 +0100
>>> Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2016-03-19 at 18:38 +0000, Joe wrote:
>>>>> I've never seen sudo installed by default in any Debian, and I
>>>>> begin with expert minimal netinstalls of stable, and I've never
>>>>> seen it offered as an option there. My first two actions on
>>>>> reboot are to install sudo and mc.
>>>>      By default you are asked to provide a password for the “root”
>>>>      (administrator) account and information necessary to create one
>>>>      regular user account. If you do not specify a password for the
>>>>      “root” user this account will be disabled but the sudo package
>>>> will be installed later to enable administrative tasks to be carried
>>>> out on the new system.
>>>>
>>>> From https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apas03.html.en
>>>>
>>>>   
>>> OK, I didn't know that.
>>>
>> When you carry out a net install (or any installation, in fact) if you
>> decline to provide a root password then sudo is automatically installed
>> and configured for you, with the first user you create able to become
>> root with sudo.
>>
>> This is all explained in the installer at the root password stage-
>> there is no need to install sudo manually post-installation.
>>
>> If you want sudo, just don't provide a root password in the
>> installation.
> On the other hand, I use both su and sudo.  If I have a protracted
> session with several different tasks that I need to complete all
> requiring root access I su to the root user.  If on the other hand, I
> only need to perform a single command, or so, I use sudo.  Both have
> their uses, though as already noted, Debian generally does one or the
> other as a default.  I install with a root password, and then bring in
> the sudo package post-installation.
> 

Or simply "sudo bash --login"

I haven't needed to use root login for years, including on Ubuntu
systems on which, as far as I can tell, no direct root login is available.

Tom Dial